“The Birds Attacked My Hot Air Balloon” — great title. It belongs to Pile, the veteran Boston indie rockers, who’ve made it the lead single and quasi-title track from their forthcoming Hot Air Balloon EP. That one’s coming in January, so yes, we’re officially into the part of the year when artists start announcing 2024 […]
Yasmin Williams – “Dawning” (Feat. Aoife O’Donovan)
The brilliant fingerstyle guitarist Yasmin Williams will follow up 2021’s great Urban Driftwood with a new album next year — this time for Nonesuch Records. We don’t have any details on that project yet, but today Williams is teasing it with the new single “Dawning.” The song features Aoife O’Donovan on vocals, bringing the human […]
Nothing Was The Same Turns 10
“Started from the bottom [citation needed], now we here.” In the bitter cold of winter 2013, Drake once again retraced his rise. Even by millennial standards, the man has always been obsessed with his own story, his hero journey (or antihero journey) from a Canadian teen soap opera to the pinnacle of mainstream hip-hop. In […]
Jada Pinkett Smith Unearths Video Of Her & Tupac Shakur Dancing To DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
In the late ’80s, Tupac Shakur and Jada Pinkett, two teenage classmates at the Baltimore School For The Arts, became close friends. They remained close friends into the ’90s, when Pinkett became a movie star and Shakur became maybe the most dominant rapper of his era. In 1997, the year after Shakur was murdered, Pinkett […]
Neil Young Played Tonight’s The Night Songs For The First Time In 50 Years At Roxy Anniversary Show
In 1973, the big-deal music producer Lou Adler opened the Roxy Theatre, his club on the Sunset Strip. Neil Young and his band the Santa Monica Flyers playing the venue’s first three nights. Young had just finished recording Tonight’s The Night, the classic bad-vibes album that wouldn’t come out until 1975. Recordings from those Roxy […]
Blink-182 – “One More Time” & “More Than You Know”
Last year, the classic Blink-182 lineup got back together. Longtime co-leader Tom DeLonge, who split messily with the band in 2015, returned, and Blink announced a massive global arena tour, with Turnstile opening the whole American leg. Blink released the new single “Edging” and played their first show back together at Coachella, and it’s been […]
Nicki Minaj’s Husband Is Under House Arrest For Threatening Offset
Kenneth Petty, Nicki Minaj’s husband, has been ordered to serve 120 days of home detention for violating the terms of his probation. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Central District of California ordered Petty’s house arrest yesterday, after he “was recorded on video making threatening remarks to a specific individual while in the company of […]
Peso Pluma Cancels Tijuana Concert Following Cartel Death Threat
In the past year, the Mexican singer Peso Pluma has become a huge breakout star on the American charts, as the loose grouping of genres known as regional Mexican music has exploded in popularity. But success doesn’t always bring security, and now Peso Pluma has been forced to postpone or cancel a number of shows […]
Rap Radar Podcast: Teezo Touchdown
Touchdown! Teezo Touchdown’s got a lot on his mind besides a crown of nails. This summer the Beaumont native released his debut album, How Do You Sleep At Night?. Prior to that, he guest starred on albums from Tyler, The Creator, Lil Yachty, Don Toliver, and Travis Scott. With Drake calling his album “One of […]
Elcamino Ft. Inspectah Deck “Victory”
Victory is sweet. Black Soprano Family and Wu-Tang Clan rise to the occasion for Elcamino’s “Victory” single featuring Inspectah Deck. With Ill Tone Beats behind the boards, the Buffalo rapper and Staten Island wordsmith demand their flowers and emphasize their triumphant journeys. Elcamino begins, “I probably won’t get all the flowers that I deserve / […]